Device for resiliently supporting the frames and bodies of vehicles.



T. LISTER. DEVICE FOR RBSILIENTLY SUPPORTING THE FRAMES AND BODIES 0F VEHICLES.

w APPLICATION FILED 00$. 24, 1910.

l Patented May 30, 1911.

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v J. T. LISTER. DEVICE FOR. RESILIENTLYSUPPORT'ING THE FRAMES AND BODIES 0F VEHIGLES.

APPLIOATION FILED OUT. 24, 1910.

Patented May 30, 1911'.

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UNITED STATES ism: 'onnuon.

JOHN T. LISTEB, or cnnvnnnnn, ommnssxenon or THIRTY-FIVE ennnunnnnn ms "r WORI'HlNGIO'N Home, or CLEVELAND, onto.

:onvron non. RESILIENTLY surromme 'rnn. FnAMEs AND Homes on vnnicnns.

specification of Iietters ratcnt. Patented May 30, 1911' Application flled- 0mm '24, 1910. Serial in. 588,686.

To all whom it may comm:

Be it known that I, Join: T.

Lis'rna, ii

I citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Ouya'hoga and State oi-0hio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in-Devices for Resiliently Supporting, the Frames and Bodies of Vehicles,of which the following is a. full,

' clear, and fetact description.

' My inventionrelates to a device. for resili ently supporting the frame and body of a vehicle and is more'e'speoiailly adapted to the class ofself propelled vehicles, which vehicles, as is well known, are subjected to sudden and pronounced. jars and shocks while traveling" over an uneven road. In

my device, the resiliency is supplied by the compression and expension of :1V confined body of air which. through the intervention of suit-able mechanism is acted upon at different parts thereof by movableistons so that any" stress to which the vehic e may be submitted is transmitted, equalized and absorbed, by thebody etch.

the usual vehicle springs but on'the other" hand, its use does relieve the "necessity using pneumatic tires. .Tlierefore nWehiclc' eguipf edwiththis device may use any form 0 so 16. tire.

Oi course, ifdesired, the pneumetic tires may be retained and in this event the useof inaddition to that of the tires.

' Generally speaking, the invention coxn-- prises the elements and combinations thereof set forth in the accomganying claims.

Reference should be ad totf accompnnying drawings in which i Figure 1 is a; top plan view of the chassis axles and wheels of a motor vehicle an showing my device in position; Fig. 2 is a described, the underlying thought and dethe vertical or IWliich the device may assume.

shown, four tubular members 1 are pro- -V1d6'd which extend from substantially the r later described. The individual tubular members 1 some. the shape which is Fig. That result is i to support the friune or chassis of the vehicle and the body upon the axles by means of an interposed pneumatic device which will equalizeand absorb such strains as the chassis and body may be subjected to as the vehicle travels over a road. If this can be successfullydone, it relieves the need for pneumatic tires, for the pneumat-i0 tires supply this resilient feature in motor vehicles as at present used. Air is played under these circumstances, because it is universally resilient, responds quickly to pressure placed upon it, and communidates such pressure as is put upon it to all parts of the body of air which forms the cushion. i

In working out this device, 'I have an ranged the mechanism in such a'manner that u the frame and body with respect to the as well as the horizontal or longitudinal and. down movement of: mile.-

the most suitable resilient agent to beemmovement between thetwbody and axle is.

' i J ,t aken care of with equ'iilfeeilit n. The device is always used, in additlon to s In Figs. 1 to 4, there isshown one form As here center of the vehicle frame in diagonal dia rectio'ns towerd the front and rear n rlcs, and these tubular members are secured to. the

/ axles by means of brackets or straps 2 in my device will supply a: pneumatic resilience any suiteble manner to support them.

These tubnler members not as reservoirs, to

confine a body of gas such as air; At their 3. a The specific form of bracket here shotvn vinner ends, the members I nrehe'ld togetherr by means of a bracket which isindic'ated at i do no't limit myself to this showing. Any

thetubulnnmembers and hold them in posijtion relative to each other would be sumcient for the purpose. It will be observed that this bracket is not sup ortc'd from the vehicle frame in any way ut depends for the accomplishment of its pur' ose up'on the structed space for a. purpofififliich will be formof'brecket which 'would engage with Tihe .gcxistons '7 m. operative-1y conneci'ec'i with 'cpening in the pistcu '3'. While we hca 13 is $30 sclg they arc prcvic icfic with an e1 21' gated bodv portion. 4, and at izhe emi ban; at rignt angle-s t provide the pro'cct ing portion 5. Within the opposite an s of thc members are pistons 6 and C which cu- 07; me wifil beflcws These bellows are cf the accordion izypc, being dosed at their outcr ends which are in engagement with the pistons and at their inner emis are SQ- cured 'i'o ring; 9, which rings are held within tllxbxaiar members .L

mbulnr member 1 is pmvlic'i wiih amu: opening through which air or other may be intruduced and rguxnpcrz to rs dcgrcc to picducc the dcsirec? pressurm the chassis m of the vehicleby means ci the uuivcx'sai connectin shown in Fig. 2- wl'zich ccmsistc of 2 link 11 having rounded i2 and 13 at its cp'pcsii'ccuds. Thc head 32 is fitted within a comniemeniary is fiticfl Wiihin a scckei' armed with a membe? 1+2, which. unwi d by the QhfiSSiS the which both. It WE be obvious that this connection permits relative movc's'ucnt 01% twccu thc 1131c and the vehicle body in 2H Euvcuficus 'whc n the (iix'cction (21f m0vcmentis vsztical, be it ever s0 slight, the inn 3 is pushed inwardiy and ccmpresscs the. within timmwcymir cu mcmbcr 1, am as scan as iha presmrc is Tcmcved, the, pisicn is; fm'ccfi out Tm pismnrs 6 which are at the inner cns 0* the tubular members 1 am provided with (1 p3. 15. These pistol: rcds at ends are formed as segments (:15 13 1-12179, each segment being 7' a quarter of hemisphere. the pic-mu rods are fixeci'iy sei upon the pistcn they wifi pmfiect can cthc-r in a fine subsmniiaiiy 2 the: m ihc tubular mam-- I 'n cup at hemis ciwrev xviousiy dcscribcqL a 122.11

1 is 1311 (i ed with 2 11 upenh i pmng .hhcre pmthe om A}. This pin member 21 body of the ve- 1 this member is pro" 2. 1%) s i hc which The member dcpctnfiing; frame an 91333122155 24 in flucug'u which flue The opciling -34 is cf umrmtcr than the pin .20 mmc play. Upan the pin 2! :hcrc is huge vhiclrnormally rec 1mm; the framie A The rm'mdcd cud Q2 0 H 0 pin mm in its; socket 'm' any suitaifizc menus; and for the purpnsc 15 'hm'c'shz'nvn a :KliQfi cf phi-cs i which are he upon thc mm'nb'cr $31 by hi .3 2T. Suifaci p' A in. the plates 'fcit Washcr which rancirc'ics the rod 29 and prevents cntrmmc 01f ('iusb that mi ht otherwise coilect hetwecn 1 D18 FLOGKQL cpening 29 thi'cugh the lowcr untried by the piswn 2mm J18 purposcof aiiowin the purilon we pins 130 to ext cm? through same. In pY-acdccflhis portion 29 is frce D'MCWQ in J. vez'iical direction so that purely irt ic ai mmemcnfibetwccn the vehicle body and. Hm uxlcs (109.; not affect (111.15 port-ion ci ic device. However, any z'novemeni, in & hsrizcntal plane between the vehicle body and thc axies is responficdtc by the pin which causcaa: one 01' mo'rc 'of the cylinders (3 ts"; mom inwardly and compress the air is within tncix. respective tubular in Fig. 5, l buwa shawl: 'a modified form of the invention which consists in securing an ic-shapc iubulur member 30, upon each :acjacent $0 each spring. In the opposite cns of the tubular men'ibe? are pistons and 3.52,; the pistcn being connect-ed with the fmmc by means 0f a rod 33 which is pmvicled with a rcunded head fitted wifihiu thc socket The piston 31 is pro vided with a figiu. piston rod which is fcim i- ?"21 cupsbapcd end having a igsicin file ljwcr pmrtion thcrccf. Within cup is a mu provided with an opening through the opening am} the op'enmg in the cup there exicrids 2: 0? 37 which 61y scc'xrsd up a. .set 3 carried bi" mm, frame cf the. "vcnicich The cperluticn devicc wili bc obvious, for it sub- 2 Jami y the same as that nci'crc described. the 13 Run taking care of all vertical zu' vcmcnt 'ixetwecu the axle and, frame, While picto'ez 31 takes care 0f the horizontal uwvcmcut. If :iesircfi, bellows similar to the bcficws 8 M15! be sec'i in connection with this (19 reservoirs which prcpcrticnzately distribute imln am cquafizc it 0*" '1 the vehicle.

:Ecvice 'whi ,iculurly inas specifically consequently I do not limit myself to the precise illustration and description except embodied in the claims.

Having thus described thy-invention, whet .l claim is:

1. A. device for resiliently supporting a vehicle body upon an axle, comprising a hollew tubular member, plungers Within the hollcw tubular member at opposite ends thereof, the one of seid plungers being 0peretively ccnnected to the body to respond to vertical motion, the other pinnger being cperatively connected to the body so as to respond to horizental motion of the body; substantially as described,

2. A. device for resiliently supporting zt Vehicle body upon 'an axle comprising a tubular reservoir, a vertically extending pisten at one end of said reservoir, and e horizentelly extending piston in the opposite end eff said reservoir, the vertically extending piston being connected with the said The comhinatien with a vehicle body,

of eplurality of tubular bodies located upon the axles of e vehicle, vertically and horizontally reciprocating pistons a-tthe 0pp0- site ends of each of the tubular bodies, and means for operetively connectin pistons: to the as described; 4 In testimony whereof, I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN T. LISTER, Witnesses.

A. J. HUnscN,

It. SULLIVAN.

vehicle body, su stentielly the said 

